Man wanted on child porn, indecency arrested at border

CORPUS CHRISTI - A former Corpus Christi resident was arrested Thursday at the Brownsville-Matamoros International Bridge on two warrants accusing him of indecency with a child and having child pornography.

Mexican authorities contacted U.S. officials on Thursday to say they were bringing Richard Louis Cedor, 55, to the bridge.

When he arrived about 5 p.m., he was processed by border officials as a wanted person, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said.

Border officials didn’t have information on what Cedor was doing in Mexico.

Cedor was wanted on a third-degree felony warrant of indecency with a child, according to Nueces County online court records.

A news release from the U.S. attorney’s office, Southern District of Texas, said Cedor also was wanted in connection with an eight-count, federal indictment accusing him of possessing child pornography.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Felix Recio in Brownsville on Friday ordered Cedor to be held without bond pending transfer and a hearing in Corpus Christi, the release said.

The child pornography charges stem from an investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Corpus Christi Police Department, the U.S. attorney’s office release said.

Cedor could face as many as 10 years in prison and as much as a $250,000 fine if convicted of possessing child pornography. He could face as many as 10 years in prison and as much as a $10,000 fine if convicted of indecency with a child.